Drunken Britons fined over penguin theft

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Rhys Owen Jones woke up after a night out to find DIrk in his wardrobeLuke Marsden/Newspix/Rex Features

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Mr Jones and his friend Keri Mules were fined for their anticsLuke Marsden/Newspix/Rex Features

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Mr Jones said he has only a “fuzzy” recollection of their escapadeSea World

Sophie TedmansonSydney

Published at 12:01AM, May 3 2012

It was just like a scene from The Hangover. A former British marine
spent a drunken night partying with some friends in Australia last month and
woke up with a live fairy penguin in his wardrobe – and no recollection of
how it got there.